{"id":1301,"date":"2012-06-24T15:35:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T15:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2012-06-24T15:35:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T15:35:43","slug":"spring-2012-tv-anime-season-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2012 TV Anime Season &#8211; watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1303\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sankarea.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sankarea.jpg\" alt=\"Ranko - sankarea\" title=\"Ranko - sankarea\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sankarea.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sankarea-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranko (Sankarea)<\/figcaption><\/figure>I&#8217;m still following a number of the shows from this season:<br \/>\n<strong>Kids on the Slope<\/strong> <em>(Sakamochi no Apollon)<\/em>: This is the most eagerly awaited show of the week &#8211; a well-written human drama.<br \/>\n<strong>Space Brothers<\/strong> (<em>Uchuu Kyoudai<\/em>): continues to be interesting, but not exactly fast-paced. The love interest between our hero and the female would-be astronaut continues.<br \/>\n<strong>Bodaceous Space Pirates<\/strong> (<em>Moretsu Space Pirates<\/em>): From previous season, and now nearing its end. Intermittently good; it&#8217;s at its best when doing the sci-fi stuff. I like (1) the Bentenmaru design (2) the noise the heroine makes when surprised.<br \/>\n<strong>Accel World<\/strong>: Sometimes ingenious, but I&#8217;m finding the gaming world and its rules rather contrived.<br \/>\n<strong>Polar Bear Cafe<\/strong> (<em>Shirokuma Cafe<\/em>): I&#8217;m still watching, as it continues to be witty. That Panda definitely needs a kick up the backside \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<strong>Sankarea:<\/strong> This has definitely gone downhill from its promising start. Highlight of later episodes is glimpsing the buxom Ranko playing tennis in the opening credits \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<strong>Mysterious Girlfriend X<\/strong> (<em>Nazo no Kanojo X<\/em>): This tale of unfulfilled teenage arousal and saliva-licking is my second most eagerly awaited show of the week. Not for everyone: I showed it to a friend and he muttered, &#8220;this is just so <em>wrong<\/em>!&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Lupin III: Mine Fujiko\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <\/strong>I&#8217;ve dropped behind with this. A rich diet best savoured slowly. Not for juveniles.<br \/>\n<strong>Eureka Seven \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Astral Ocean:<\/strong> Looks good, but I feel the plot is weak and incomprehensible. And it&#8217;s boring to have characters with invincible super-powers. I&#8217;ve dropped behind in viewing this.<br \/>\n<strong>Kuromajo-san ga Tooro:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve dropped behind, but it&#8217;s a charming 15-min <em>mahou shoujo<\/em> series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still following a number of the shows from this season: Kids on the Slope (Sakamochi no Apollon): This is the most eagerly awaited show of the week &#8211; a well-written human drama. Space Brothers (Uchuu Kyoudai): continues to be interesting, but not exactly fast-paced. The love interest between our hero and the female would-be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/?p=1301\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spring 2012 TV Anime Season &#8211; watching&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}